Exam 8: Development

Those who suffer the most intense grief initially, who weep inconsolably and feel the deepest pain, get through their bereavement more quickly than others who are less demonstrative.

Piaget claimed that each developmental stage was marked by cognitive abilities and processes that are qualitatively different from those of the other stages.

Jane's baby is quite small, has abnormal facial features and some organ damage, and is believed to be mentally retarded. During pregnancy, Jane most likely

The second stage of prenatal development is known as the period of the fetus.

What physical changes occur during puberty?

The permissive parenting style is most effective and the authoritarian parenting style is least effective for adolescents.

Which statement reflects Piaget's thinking about the cognitive stages?

The idea that severe punishment will reduce the use of drugs in Canada implies that drug users operate at which of Kohlberg's levels of moral development?

The period of adolescence

Studies by DeCasper and his colleagues, in which women read the Cat in the Hat to their fetuses every day during the last six and a half weeks of pregnancy, suggest that

Rosario, operating at Kohlberg's preconventional level of moral development, says that it is good to stop and help a person who has had a flat tire because

Harlow found that, when the infant monkeys were given a choice between a wire-mesh surrogate mother that dispensed milk and a soft terrycloth surrogate that did not, they

Piaget is to ________ development as Erikson is to ________ development.

What are the four attachment patterns identified by Ainsworth?

What are two types of studies developmental psychologists use to investigate age-related changes? Briefly describe each.

Which of the following is one of the forms of adolescent egocentrism?

Ninety-year-old Edna has successfully dealt with life's dilemmas, and she looks back on her life with satisfaction. According to Erikson, she has a sense of

According to the text, both male and female adolescents choose friends based largely on looks and personality.

Children experience the world primarily through their senses, actions, and body movements in what cognitive stage?

Puberty is defined by